Seeing Double

VBS - So fun, So tiring!

2009-06-16T21:41:00.000-07:00

We had VBS at church last week. It was such a blessing serving! I love the people of GPBC. It was so encouraging to be around all the sweet people who were a part of VBS. Renee and I did Music together. We had fun choregraphing some of the songs, and teaching all the moves to the kids. We had kids ages 2 - 6th grade! The kids were awesome. The theme was centered around the Lord's prayer, and they did a great job learning it! I was pretty tired by the end of the day. The girls went up two days and missed their morning naps, they just played and played and had a grand old time. They came home and took 3 hour naps tired girls! I am thankful we got to be a part of VBS. It was nice to get out and be doing something than the normal routine. I know the girls get bored here playing with the same old toys, new faces, new toys = happy tired girls. They kept asking to go "bye bye" every morning for a few days after VBS ended... I think they liked it!

Addi Bear is Walking!

2009-06-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

We went to my parents last week and had such a great time! Addi bear had such a good time she decided to start walking :) She was too cute throwing the ball and taking steps. This week she has taken off and has taken as many as 20 steps. She is trying to keep up with sister. Hope you enjoy the movie of Addi Bear's steps!

It is Summer Time!

2009-06-05T13:05:00.000-07:00

We are in Houston this week spending time with my family and enjoying all the sunny weather! My parents have a pool, and we have been taking every opportunity to soak up the sun. It has been a really fun visit. The girls are loving being here. My parents have 3 dogs, and being dog lovers they are constantly squealing and talking to them.

Addi bear is taking lots of steps, and Emma is just running around trying to figure out what trouble she can get into next.

We have been eating at home mostly. My Dad is a great cook, and going out with 4 babies is risky. Case in point. The one time we ventured out we went to Lubys. Thought it would be a good pick for the kiddos, lots of veggies, and senior citizens who probably love babies :) Well, we put the girls in the high chairs and start strolling them down the food aisle, they start going crazy squealing at all the food. If you haven't been around the girls lately.... lets just say they are very vocal. So we sit down and start getting them some food cut up, we look up and Emma is nawing on a piece of corn bread. My mom said, "where did she get that corn bread?" the little piglet had grabbed it off of my Dad's plate! It was hilarious. And all went downhill from there! Needless to say, we did not attempt to go out again.

We are loving being with Cousins Kate and Abby. Kate is just a month older than the girls, but is talking up a storm! She is so sweet, and the girls all play together really well so that is nice. They are loving baby Abby. They like to say baby, and want to give her kisses. It is too cute.

We had an interesting trip down. We did good until about Conroe, Addi decided she needed to potty, so we stopped and I changed her. They were both fussy at this point. Luckily, my friend Courtney had let us borrow a video! Baby Signing Time..... the girls watched it once and were signing hat, and waving to people when we stopped at a red light! So funny! They are signing baby up a storm now, and Emma even trys to sing it. HA

I am thankful to Will for letting us go and spend time with them. I miss them, especially my sweet sisters. Great way to kick off Summer!

The Big 5.... Wedding Anniversary

2009-05-28T11:49:00.001-07:00

So, Will and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary on May 22nd. It has flown by! We both kept saying all day, 5 years... Wow. I know it isn't that long, but we were really thankful to celebrate! Both our parents celebrate their 30th anniversaries this summer. We have great examples in them of what marriage should be.

Janette graduated on our actually anniversary so most of the day was spent celebrating her great achievement! More to come on that :)

So Will and I were able to sneak away Sunday night for some much needed time together. The girls had been sick almost 3 weeks and so I was especially worn out. Whiny days, and on duty all night with sick babies, can make for one tired Momma! I told Will all I wanted was to sleep in! My wish was granted! We were able to spend a night in a hotel! We had dinner, saw a movie and even had ice cream. Then, i got to sleep in until 9:45, and had a continental breakfast. It was a WONDERFUL way to celebrate.

I am so thankful that I am married to a man who loves me, his girls, works hard to provide for us, loves the Lord, makes me laugh, makes me feel beautiful, and who is my best friend. I love you Will! These are our engagement pics... Will is going to kill me for putting these up! HA. Sadly, don't have any recent pictures of the two of us. Need to be better about that!

Fun Videos

2009-05-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned in previous post, the girls are loving "accessorizing". Whether it is shoes, a hat, or sunglasses. Her is Miss Emma parading around in her glasses. A daily occurance with these girly girls.

Here is Addi saying one of her favorite words! Her can also see her famous scoot in this video. Every once in a while I catch her crawling normally! But I guess the "scoot" is normal for Addi Bear.

Here it is folks! Some video of Emma's first steps. She was just getting the hang of it as you can see! Now, she is practically running around here.

Here they are telling us all how the lion goes!!

Round and Round

2009-05-27T21:17:00.000-07:00

So here is Addi Bear doing her round and round! She just started doing this the other day and I started singing. Now when I sing, she does it. Today, she was doing it on her tummy too. Emma has started doing it too. I tried to get a video of both of them doing it, but no such luck! Sorry I sound so annoying in this! And all videos... eek.

Abigail Faith 3/6/09

2009-05-26T20:46:00.000-07:00

Here is my new niece! She is so precious. She came to visit me about a month ago. She had just started smiling and cooing. So sweet! She was so good... sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks! I can't wait to see her again.

Wagon Ride

2009-05-26T20:39:00.000-07:00

When we went home to see Abigail my Dad had this wagon all ready to take the girls on a wagon ride! They loved it! He had "all terrain wheels" so we could go from the grass to the side walk easily without too many bumps.

Thanks Grandpa for a fun memory!

Cousins Photo Shoot

2009-05-26T20:09:00.000-07:00

So I have this incredible friend from college, HAILEY ERICKSON,.. she was amazing and agreed to come out to the house to take pictures of ALL the girls while my sisters and mom were here. We were going to take them to the mall, but it was the week of all the swine flu junk. I am so glad Hailey took them instead! Will had gone to the Danville Open (Annual Golf Tourney in Arkansas) so I declared it a girls weekend!

Hailey brought her backdrop and camera and we turned our bedroom into a studio! The girls were hilarious. I can't believe she got any good shots, but she did. We were so happy with how the pics turned out.

She got some sweet shots of Abby. Precious girl. Poor baby, when we set her down for the group pic, Emma got a little too excited and petted her a little too hard. She didn't seem to mind though.

Hailey was very amused by Mere and trying to keep the girls corraled and entertained for pictures. This is a memory I will never forget.

She also made this precious video. Hope you enjoy!

THANK You Hailey for such a great pictures, and for being such a great friend! Love you!

Spring, Spring We LOVE Spring

2009-05-26T20:07:00.000-07:00

Addi and Emma's 1st Birthday

2009-05-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

So, I thought I should do a post about their birthday in case I do turn this into a photo book :)

had the party in the mac room at the church. It was the perfect spot! We had lots of help the day before decorating.

My fam, minus Mere was able to come to the party. Wills sisters couldn't make it cause they had school and track.. they were missed! Mama Jan and Chachi were able to come though! It was a great time with all our friends.

As I mentioned earlier, Amanda made the tutus, and Court made the shirts. Amanda made the smash cakes. I could not have done it without her help!

The girls were really cute. They were precious in their outfits, and did great in all the pictures. I just can't believe they are one! Sweetest girls!

We also dedicated the girls that Sunday the 15th. It was our public statement that we commitment to raising the girls for the Lord. It is humbling knowing that they are His, and the responsibility we have to be the best parents we can be for His glory. Will spoke, and did a great job. It was a wonderful way to end their birthday weekend.

We are so incredibly thankful for the Lord's graciousness towards our family. To think these little ones entered the world 6 weeks premature and weighing only 4.5 lbs. Would not know it to see these pictures. We are blessed, and give God all the glory.

Going to do Better...

2009-05-13T18:32:00.000-07:00

So I am only behind 7 months! Okay, I have spiffied up the blog. I am ready to really start keeping up with this thing. Especially since I saw that you can turn it into a photo book... that will probably come in handy with our busy life.

So lets see.... the girls got their helmets on in November, on my birthday actually. They wore them for about a 8 weeks. We were really happy with the results, and the girls did not miss a beat. For that we are really thankful.
The girls are doing so many cool things these days. They are 15 1/2 months old. Emma started walking at about 14 months. Miss Addi Bear hasn't taken any steps yet but is loving standing up from a sitting position and when Momma and Daddy help her take steps. I think she can do more than she does, she is just a little more cautious. Was the same way with her pulling up.

It is funny, Emma is better at phyiscal things, and Addi seems better verbally. Usually Addison starts saying a word, and then Emma picks up on it. However, Emma do one thing verbally that Addi didn't. She started making this growling noise... we were like, what can we make this? A pirate, a bear... so our child isn't just randomly growling. So for a while she was doing "how does the lion go?" It was too cute.

We got a mini van :) Yes I am officially a Mini Van Mom! Ha. It has been so awesome to have! Makes going any where with the girls soo much easier.

Heres some fun things they are liking right now.

1.Love doing motions to itsy bitsy spider,

2. Showing how big they are,
3. 5 little monkies puppet toy

4. Round and round (I saw round and round and they scoot in circle on the floor)

5. Love dressing up in hats, sun glasses and shoes. Will bring them to me to put on them!

6. Love rolling ball back and forth

7. I'm going to get you (love being chased)

8. peek a boo

9. patty cake

10. Lovin Vanilla wafers!

11. Really like Sesame street. It is so funny, there is an ad for Beaches resorts at the beginning of every SS and they always look and me and smile really big when it comes on!

12. Love music of any kind... Emma was even clapping to rap the other day! HA

14. Love Books

15. Love Dogs, especially Nellie and feeding her gold fish!

16. Love going Bye Bye

17. Pretending to talk on their cell phone - this is a new one, Addison has been doing this three days in a row, even pretend laughing, so funny!

18. Finding features on Momma and Daddy's faces, and their own

19. Finding belly buttons!

Their first word was ball when they were 12 months old. They think everything is ball, they see a lemon "ball", an easter egg "ball"!

Words: Ball, light, bye bye, mama, dada, eye, bite, bath, juice, that(milk), baby

They are changing more and more each day! They are getting close to dropping their AM nap... not sure how I feel about that just yet :)

So, I think that catches everyone up. Hope you enjoy the videos and pictures! I am going to try and do better.

Home Home on the Range

2008-10-07T18:49:00.000-07:00

Sooo, I have an AMAZING husband. He lets me pack up the girls and go visit my family about once a month. We go down and stay with Marmie and Papa D, and get to catch up with family and friends in good ole Pasadena. This trip I got to celebrate my grandpas 91st birthday, and go to a shower of a dear friend of mine from junior high. We went out to eat for Grandpa's birthday. The girls.... were less then cooperative. It was just an off day! They cried at Grandma, and almost everyone for that matter, and they would not take their bottles. It was a little stressful! Luckily I had lots of family there to help me. They did look cute though in their polka dots. Kate had her polka dots on too :) After the party we all went out in the front yard on a blanket and just hung out. They were happy then, of course, we were outside... surprise, surprise. I love this picture of Mere and Kate! Mere is a great Mom, Kate is such a handful! So active. This day she was going from sitting down to standing up without pushing herself up... crazy kid! She is leaps and bounds ahead of the twins in this area. She is going to be walking very soon at this rate. I am just trying to get the girls to tolerate tummy time. Don't know what Mere and I would do without Amanda when I am home. I told her after I found out it was twins that there would be three babies... one for all of us :)

The shower for my sweet friend Shelley was really fun. Mom watched the girls so I could go. She is an amazing girl, and I am thankful that we have stayed in touch over the years.

It is always really refreshing to be at home. I know I have lived in Dallas for almost 10 years, but, Pasadena is still home. Everyone lives so close there and it is great to see Meemaw and Grandma every time I go home. Thank you Will for letting your girls go, and thank you to my family for the fun time we always have!

First Family Park Trip

2008-09-21T13:31:00.000-07:00

The girls are at such a fun age! Will says I say that every month, but really, they are! We have been taking a walk almost every evening together before bath time. They love to look at nature and take turns sitting up front. No matter how fussy they are, going on a walk always makes it better. Tonight we had a special treat! We all got to go to the park together. The weather is cooling down a little bit so the evening shade is perfect for swinging! We didn't know if they would be big enough, but with a dew blankets tucked around they fit just right in the toddler swinge. It was fun to have Will with us. The girls absolutley adore him and spending time with him. I may have a couple of Daddy's girls on my hands here. We got some big smiles swinging at the park. Think this might be a new fav of the Eubanks Tweens.

Getting so Big

2008-09-20T13:20:00.000-07:00

I decided to have another photo shoot in the bassinete for their 7 month. They barely fit these days. These sweet little outfits were given to us my Gancie (Fran). The blanket my Mom made. I had fun taking these shoots. They are not my still little models anymore. They are eating the flowers, moving around, barely holding still for Mommy to get a shot! Recently their favs are eating apples out of their food suckers, the alpahbet ball, and exersaucers. They love playing in them while Mommy makes dinner! I am so thankful for my precious girls. Thankful to the Lord for allowing me and Will to be their parents, and for the last 7 months with them.

Fun Pics

2008-09-20T13:08:00.000-07:00

Took these pics before bath time one night. They were just having the best time! It cracks me up how they look like they are singing in half of them, and they other half look like they are on a roller coaster! They are laughing and smiling so much these days. Can't believe my girls are 7 months old.

These glasses were given to us at Kate's party. The girls didn't seem to mind wearing them at all. We got a good laugh out of it! They are too funny.

Happy Birthday Kate Davis!

2008-09-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

Kate Davis is one! The girls got to go to their first birthday party ever! Kate had a tulip party and Cara was sweet to let the girls borrow some of her clothes so they could dress the theme. It was a fun time to be with friends and family and celebrate sweet Kate.

We are so thankful to have our friends Will, Cara, Jack, Josie and Kate just two doors down! What a blessing. The Davis' have been a constant source of love and encouragement in our lives. I love having an experienced Mom so close when I have those crazy first time Mom questions. Kate was too cute with her ice cream! It was such a fun party. We look forward to many more parties with our sweet friends the Davis'. Happy Birthday Kate!

TV Stars

2008-09-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

We had an exciting day today in the Eubanks house hold.... NBC channel 5 came to our house! Scott Friedman did a story on our insurance situation. Will did a good job telling the story of the girls stay in the NICU and our struggle with the insurace and doctors in NICU being out of network. I hope they don't make us look silly! Sometimes they take the stupidest things people say and put them on! Hopefully they will do a good job. It was weird having them at the house. It will be fun to tell the girls that they were on TV when they were babies. Here are a few pics of our little TV stars!

Babies First Beach Trip

2008-09-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

Sooo.... the girls got to take their first trip to the beach this summer! My parents have a beach home in Crystal beach. It has been a great place to go every summer. It is two rows from the beach, and has a great deck to watch the sun sets and a swing to sit and watch the waves. Will proposed to me down there so it has alot of great memories!

The whole family was there. Mere, Justin and Kate. Mom, Dad and Amanda. It was a great time. Even though it rained alot.... we made the most of it. The girls LOVED the swing. They also loved playing in the pack and play on the deck. I think one day they spent about an hour just swinging with Will. It was a great time for him to have some time with them too. They didn't like their first trip to the beach as you can see from the pictures... it was a little windy even with the tent.

We took a walk as a family down the the beach, less wind and sun and they like it alot better. It was a great memory. We put their toes in the sand, and water. I wish we would have had someone take a pic of us down there. We did get one on the deck before going down there. It was my Mom's birthday, so we all got to celebrate together. It was really a blessing to be with everyone. We are thankful we got to go.

Happy 4th of July

2008-09-15T13:59:00.000-07:00

For the 4th we packed up the car and headed on a road trip to good ole Arkansas to spend the holiday with Will's family. We all caravaned their... Will's fam was great about letting me stop to feed the girls and such. We got to stop in Little Rock so the girls could meet Grandmommy, Bills Mom, and the girls great grandmother for the first time! She is a twin, so it was neat to have her meet the girls.

Then we loaded up again and headed to Danville to meet Mama Fan, the girls Great Great Grandmother for the first time and meet the rest of Fran's family. It was great being on the farm and seeing all of Will's sweet aunts, uncles, cousins and fam. The girls are becoming quite the little travelers with trips to Houston and now Arkansas! Mama Jan wanted to take a 5 generation picture for the Yell County Record. The girls are so blessed to have so many Great Grandparents!

We had a great display of fire works out at the farm, and Helen, Janette and Will went out hunting. Luckily the girls slept thru the fire works!

Here are a few pics of all the 4th of July fun!

Goodbye Parker

2008-09-13T13:50:00.000-07:00

Have a whole range of emotions as I live my first job out of college to be a stay at home mom. Feeling blessed that I am able to stay at home, feeling thankful that I had such a great job these last 4 and half years, sad to leave sweet friends and co-workers.

Parker has been a great place to work. I had an AMAZING team in Student Affairs. They always helped me no matter what I asked help with. So many memories of events.... pancake study breaks, christmas parties,movie nights, talent shows.... oh, and the AMAZING blessing of getting adjusted when I needed it. I really miss that.

I am thankful for the friends I made, and the time I spent at Parker. I pray I blessed others, as much as I was blessed. The party was so fun. Getting to introduce the girls to everyone and say goodbye.

More PIcs from Amanda's Party

2008-09-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Aunt Amanda

2008-09-13T13:37:00.000-07:00

My baby sister graduated from Highschool! I can't believe that my littlest sister is all grown up. It was a joy and blessing to be home to celebrate with Amanda on her special day. Meredith had a cake made with the theme of pink, black and white, and we worked hard to get everything looking just right for the party. It wasn't easy with Emma, Addi and Kate either!!!

Amanda was my training for my babies now :) I was in 3rd grade when she was born. I remember waking her up, and running to mom to say she was awake so I could hold her. I remember teaching her to walk and rollerskate.

I am proud of my sister, and thankful for her prescence in my life. I pray that she will always know how much we love her.

5 Months Old

2008-09-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my girls are 5 months old! I know people say that kids grow up too fast, but it is already going by so quick!

The last 5 months have been such a blessing. Getting to know these precious girls and Will and I growing in love for each other and for our children. We still can't believe we are parents.... especially of twin girls. The night we stayed in the hospital with the girls before we brought them home as we were going to sleep for the few hours before their next feeding Will said "what have we done"... we both just started laughing. Little did we know really how much those precious 5 lb babies would change our lives forever! I praise the Lord for these 5 months with our girls. Thank you Lord for the gift of children, and for blessing us with Emma and Addison.

I took some pictures for their 5 month birthday! These beautiful gowns were Will's when he was a baby, the basinette was his as well. Emma is in the white, Addi in the teal. In case you were wondering :)

Gancie, Gandaddy, Aunt Helen and Janettie

2008-09-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

Thank you for all the love, support and encouragement you all provide for us! We love you.

Father's Day

2008-09-11T21:18:00.001-07:00

It was awesome celebrating Will's first Father's Day. Who would have imagined Will Eubanks with twin girls!! If you know Will you know he is into every sport imaginable - and has more guy friends than any one I know! His sisters and I have a theory that he likes guy time so much because he never had a brother growing up. Now, he has more girls :) I think the Lord is going to use these sweet girls to refine my husband in ways that nothing else could. He is already so in love with them. I can't wait to see him melt when they say his name, crawl into his lap to cuddle, or kiss him goodnight as they get older. I am thankful for he is such a great provider for our family. Will knew how strongly I wanted to stay home with our kids, and he is doing everything in his power to make that possible. The Lord has been so amazing to provide for us, and I am thankful that I have the sweet gift and privelege to stay at home with our girls.

Will, you are great Dad. I am thankful that I get to share this journey with you. I know the girls will grow to love you. I can't wait to see the Lord use you in their lives and for Him to use them in yours. I love you and you are a great Daddy!

First Mother's Day and Three Months Old

2008-09-11T20:58:00.001-07:00

My first Mother's Day was such a blessing. Will got up early and got breakfast and flowers for me. Then we got to have a nice meal with Will's family at our house. The girls also turned 3 months old. Being a mom is the biggest blessing, challenge, and joy. It is very humbling to know how much my little ones depend on me and look to me for their everything. I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father who helps me be the best mom I can be every day, giving me the strength, wisdom and patience I need to grow these girls in the Lord for His glory. Being a mom also has made me think about how much I love my children, and how much more the Lord must love me, and them. The sacrifice that HE made of His son is that much more real now that I have children of my own. What a great God we serve. That He would give His only son so that we can become the righteousness of God thru Jesus. Amazing Love!
I am also thankful to my mom for being an example of such a great mom. She loves us all so much and is always putting others before herself. I have learned that is how it works once you are mom :) Especially with two little ones at once.

I am also thankful for my sweet mother in law Fran. She is not like most mother in laws... she is a constant source of encouragement and I am so thankful for her.

Favorite Pics

2008-09-10T20:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my favorite pics from the the first few months. Trying to catch up with this blog!

First Photo Shoot

2008-09-09T21:27:00.000-07:00

My sweet friend Hailey came over on March 25th and took some sweet pictures of our girls for their birth announcement. Hailey is a great photographer, and graphic designer and offered to help me out by taking the photo's and making an announcement.

The pictures turned out GREAT. They were taken in the bassinet that was Will's when he was a baby. Fran cleaned it up and got it from Mama Jan for us to use. It was the perfect place to put the girls for the pictures. Thanks to Hailey for taking some sweet pictures. Addison was a little more cooperative than Emma. I snapped a few another day for her shot. The birth announcement turned out so great! Thank you Hailey for blessing us! Not sure why it turned out purple and green :) the original announcement was aqua and pink!

Cabo Wabo

2008-07-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Soo, I left my sweet girls for the first time over night.... well 4 nights to be exact... it felt like ALOT longer than that! Breastfeeding and leaving your babies can be a little tricky, let me tell you. I pumped in places I never thought I would! But, it was really worth it. It was also intimidating getting into a bathing suit only a few months after the girls came!

We had a chance to go to Cabo with our friends Jeff and Teddy, and we couldn't pass it up! Let me tell you, that place it beautiful! Our resort was so nice. We spent every day pool side soaking in the sun, and some much needed relaxation. It was strange not waking to a baby crying! It was great to have some time with just Will. We went out into town one night, but the other nights we would hang out on the 3rd floor patio and play cards. Listen to the waves, and music from the 2nd floor. It was really a relaxing trip. I was ready to come home probably by Sunday, but... it was still a really fun trip!

Cousin Kate

2008-06-20T19:21:00.000-07:00

Our next trip to Houston was to celebrate my grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. My sister Mere came from New Braunfels and we just had a baby fest at my parent's house. Mere and shared a room and would help each with the babies at night. It was quite an arrangement. I hadn't seen Katelyn since the girls were a few weeks old. She is just about a month older than the girls. She is quite a character. She loved playing the girls. Addison acutally smiled for one of the first times at Katelyn. It was too cute to see her look at her cousin. My prayer is that these three girls will be as close as me and my sisters are. I was never that close to any of my cousins, but these girls are so close in age, I don't see how they won't be! It is sill crazy to me that we were pregnant at the same time! Now here we are with three babies to show for it :) Will came to pick us up a week later and went to the party with us. It was the girls first official outing besides the doctor's office. They wore polka dots in honor of Grandma D. She loves red, and polka dots :) They were good and slept right thru :) I think they enjoyed the Frank Sinatra that was playing thru lunch. It was a fun day and I am thankful that we were able to be there to celerate.

To Grandmother's House We Go

2008-06-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

The girls made there first road trip when they were a little over 2 months old. Will met my parents half way to Houston and they picked me and the girls up and we spent a week at home. My grandparents had not met the girls yet, and my Dad and Amanda hadn't seen them since they were born. It was such a fun trip. We laid low and just hung around the house. They got to meet Meemaw, Grandma D. and Grandpa D. for the first time. It was awesome seeing the girls with my grandparents. Mom kept the girls in her room at night and I got some much needed sleep! It was a blessing to be at home and be able to relax and not worry about doing laundry, dishes ect and feeling like I could rest when the girls were resting. Let me tell you, twins are amazing.... but they are alot of work. At first you just don't know what to do with your time. Because there is soo much to do. Do you pump, shower, eat, rest, do the TONS of baby clothes that need to be washed. Being home was such a blessing. I loved sharing the girls with my family. Thanks to Will for letting his girls go on a road trip!

2 months old

2008-06-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

Here are the girls at 2 months old. Getting a little bigger :)

1 Month Old

2008-06-20T19:12:00.001-07:00

Our sweet girls at 1 lmonth. They were still so tiny. Our friend Valerie gave us these cute onesies with their names on them, and Mom found these cute preemie capris! So sweet. I think in these pictures they were a little over 6 lbs.

Thankful

2008-06-20T19:09:00.000-07:00

Can't go without thanking the Eubanks :) After Mom went home Fran stepped in for her shift with the girls. She got a little more than she bargained for when I had a cyst on my tailbone flair up that had to be lanced. Her studies as a nurse paid off, and we got closer than we had ever been before! HA. It was an emotional and painful time and she was a constant source of encouragement and care. I know it was hard on my Mom not being here to take care of me, but she was thankful that Fran could be there to take care of her girls. Thanks to Bill, Fran, Helen and Janette for helping us thru those first few crazy weeks! Love you guys!

Marmie

2008-06-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

What would I have done without my Mom those first weeks after the girls???? I am not really sure to tell you the truth. I am thankful for such a sweet friend and Mother. Mom it has been great watching you love our girls. The joy they bring to you, and the joy it brings me to see you with them is unexplainable. I love you!

Bringing Home Babies

2008-06-20T16:04:00.000-07:00

It was so awesome to bring our girls home. Our sweet friend Cara Davis made a sign to welcome us home. She had written the verse Psalm 139:14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." on the signs. Amazing to know that God knows the number of hairs on their little heads, which isn't much :) but he knows the number. I can't tell you the overwhemling joy and relief that flooded over me just walking thru the door with them and finally having them home. It was hard leaving the hospital without them. I know that the Lord's love, and so many prayers of friends and family sustained us in that time without them. My mom came back down to help me and Fran and the girls were there to greet us when we arrived. It was such a blessing to have our girls home.

Memories from NICU

2008-06-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to catch everyone up on the girls. This pic is when they were 1 week old :) I made these signs to put near their cribs in the NICU. We had a favorite nurse there, Anna. She was a believer and took such good care of our little ones. We knew when we left they were in good hands with Anna. The Lord was so sweet to give us such a great nurse to care for our girls. Here are also some pictures of the girls in the NICU. It is hard to believe they were that tiny! A few good things that came out of the girls staying in the NICU. They came home on a schedule, which is unheard of for newborns! They were eating every 3 hours. The nurses also taught us how to bath them, change them, feed them ect so we came home that much more prepared to be parents. Another blessing was the lactation consultants at Baylor. They were great to work with me on tandem feeding and would meet me in the NICU to help us all learn how. I am thankful for God's sweet promise that He works everything for the good of those who love Him.

Officially the World's worst!

2008-04-02T20:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I am officially the worlds WORST at keeping up with this blog! I am going to try and do better, I promise :) Well, alot has happened since I last posted. On January 16th I became an aunt!! Miss Katelyn Grace Lowth was born and the doc cleared me to go see her and my sister. It was such a sweet time to be with them. She is beautiful and I feel so blessed that I get to be a part of this precious girl's life. My sister is a great mom, and it has been AMAZING walking thru these role of motherhood with her.

I had some GREAT showers given by some sweet friends! The shower in Pasadena was awesome! My mom and sisters know how to throw a party :) It was great to be surrounded by family and friends. Some I hadn't seen in a while! My college roommate Leighann came, my best friend from junior high Shelley, and my drama teacher Susan. It was great to catch up with them and share in the excitment of the babies!

My sweet friends from college gave me a shower in Dallas. Katy, Hailey, Kari and Amy... what a great party you planned! It was awesome to be with all my best girlfriends! My mother in law and sister in law were able to come too, so that was super fun. Katy made a diaper cake, and Hailey made some cute little cupcake booties with little E's and A's on them. I was surprised to see my other college roommate Jen there! She came all the way from Mesquite! I hadn't seen her in about 2 years. I feel so blessed to have such great friends.

The church shower was also amazing. Cara headed up the other 13 hostesses and they planned a beautiful shower. The tables were decorated so beautifully with pink roses, and there were little note cards for people to write a blessing to the girls. My mom and sister Amanda came from Houston! I was so thankful they could come. Will's aunts and Mama Jan came from Arkansas. It was a blessing to be surrounded by our AMAZING church family. I know there faithful prayers and support got us thru the pregnancy and last weeks. God is so faithful to provide, and we are so grateful for the body of Grand Prairie Bible Church.

Well, this is what you have all really been wanting to know about... our sweet Emma and Addison. My water broke early February 12th and after being at the hospital only a few hours, our sweet girls were here! The C-section went well. Will was a trooper. For those of you who know my husband, he does not do well with blood, so I was a little worried that my coach might pass out on me! He was a great support and I was so happy to have his encouragement thru the surgery. It is quite an out of body expierence, being awake and knowing what they are doing. Addison was born at 10:19 am, with her sister Emma at 10:20 am. The both weighed 4.5 lbs! Everyone said they had never seen that happen. As many of you know our sweet girls spent two weeks in the NICU. Since they were born at 34 weeks, they still had a few things to learn before they could be home with mom and dad. It was a rough two weeks. Lots of pumping, trips to the hospital, and trying to recover from the surgery. Once again, God's grace is the only thing that got me thru. My sweet Mom stayed with me the first week the girls were in the hospital and was my chauffer to the hospital everyday. I would go to breastfeed the girls and we could only feed them every other feeding, so it was an all day affair. I wouldn't have been able to do it without my mom.

The girls got to come home February 27th, and it has been so amazing to have them home. At 7 weeks they Addi weighed 6.11 and Emma was at 6.7 They are for the most part on the same schedule and nurse together. We went to the doc May 7th and Addison was one ounce shy of 10 lbs and Emma was 1/2 way to 10 lbs. They are growing great! They have started smiling and cooing and follow voices and faces. They are such a blessing and I couldn't ask for sweeter girls. I would do this all over again! It would be awesome to have another set of twins. Who knows, maybe next time... two boys :)

Thanksgiving in Danville

2007-11-27T09:53:00.000-08:00

After a great weekend with my family we got to head to Arkansas with Will's fam for Thanksgiving at the farm. Mama Jan and Chachi's is one of our favorite places in the world and we love to go every chance we get. Mama Fan, Will's 94 year old great-grandma had the whole crew over Thanksgiving day. It was fun to see everyone. We can't wait to take the girls to the farm. Will and I have so many wonderful memories there, it will be fun to make memories with our girls. Will, Helen and Janette got all bundled up and went spotting one night at the farm, they looked pretty funny! They didn't see anything, but I think they had fun anyway.

Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

It was a great Thanksgiving this year. We got to celebrate with both families. Mom, Dad and Amanda came from Pasasdena and Mere and Justin came from New Braunfels to share Thanksgiving with us in our new house! It was fun to have them see all the work we had done since they had seen it last. I was thankful for our big kitchen when all the women got in the kitchen to make our meal! We had just about everything you can think of. Turkey, dressing, broccoli cheese casserole, green beans, cream corned, mashed potatoes, rolls, and 4 kinds of pie! We had to make this count for Thanksgiving and Christmas :) The boys enjoyed a trip to Harbor Freight with Papa D, and Will and Justin took the scooters to the Harley store to show off their wheels! I bet they got some funny looks! It was such a blessing having them here with us!

Girls!

2007-11-05T07:32:00.000-08:00

Soooo... we are having two little baby girls! We got to have the coolest sonogram done where we got to see the babies and how much they were growing and developing. They measured and looked at each baby from head to toe! We got to see the four chambers of their little hearts, their brains, little bladders, kidneys, spines... it was absolutely amazing. I cannot get enough of these little miracles! The sonogram took about an hour and I was glued to the screen every second just watching our little ones move. At one point the doctor said "that is a beautiful spine on that baby"! I thought that was a funny thing to say. How great is our God! I don't think anyone can fully comprehend Psalm 139 until they get to see life growing in a womb.

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious tome are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

Praise the Lord for His amazing grace and promises, His sweet mercies are new every morning.

Babies, Babies, Babies

2007-10-28T07:08:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I got to celebrate with my friend Hailey at Blue Mesa with her and a few of her close friends for a baby shower for Reece. It was so much fun! It was kind of ironic because we were at a tequila bar and the waiter went through his whole spchel about the bar... little did he know that over half of us were pregnant! Katy and I had fun getting ready for the party making truffles and putting them in cute little boxes with flowers and ribbon. We also made a cupcake tree for desert! Hailey's mom gave her a dress that was her great-grandmother Reece's. It was the coolest thing! It is so funny that my two best friends from college are both pregnant with me. I am so thankful that I can share this special time with my close friends. Katy is just a few weeks shy and finding out what she is having! We are all so excited to find out. We have figured out that next summer when we all meet up for our monthly Chick-fil-a we will have 5 babies between the 3 of us! Don't know if Chick-fil-A will know what hit them! I have a feeling, neither will we! Katy wasn't showing just yet, so she was trying to over compensate! HA

No Sex Yet...

2007-10-17T07:29:00.000-07:00

So went at week 18 to find out the sex of the babies, and the doctor was just not quite sure! Oh well! She did say that she thought one was a girl, but could not tell on the other. We did get some cute pictures though! They were both peering out like little hoot owls! So cute! We have an appt at the prenatal diagnositic clinic in a few weeks, and we should know for sure at that appt!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

2007-10-06T07:47:00.000-07:00

Well, this is a little out of order, but wanted to post about my grandpa's 90th birthday! It was such a blessing to be home and to celebrate with the whole family. We had a nice birthday lunch for him and all the cousins and kids were there. He has had such a rich life and has been such a blessing to so many. He still practices veterniary medicene on Saturdays with his wife of 60 + years. You can always count on Grandpa D for a story about World War II, growing up in NYC as a young boy, or meeting Babe Ruth the TWO times he got to meet him! He is a character. He is an Aggie and you will very rarely see him without an ATM hat on when he is out! He is such an amazing man and played a big part in my walk with the Lord at a young age. I used to go to church with he and my grandmother when I was in elementary school. I can still remember sliding across the back seat of their cadillac in my frilly dress, going to big church, and Wyatt's Cafeteria afterwards. I also have many amazing memories of working with him at the vet clinic. In the down times we would chat with his feet up on his desk while I caught up on paper work. At lunch we would pick up Chinese food, go to my grandparents house and watch the AMC matinee movie! Such sweet memories! Love you Grandpa! Hope you always know how much you are loved and how much of a blessing you are.

My sweet friend Ashely at work helpe me make this great placemat with pictures of Grandpa growing up! He is so handsome!

16 weeks!

2007-10-03T07:46:00.000-07:00

We had our 16 week check up yesterday. Everything went well. We remembered to bring a video so we got our babies in action! One had their rear in the face of the other so we had a hard time seeing both, but we did see both their heartbeats. They were going strong! 164 beats a minute ;) Will was dissapointed that we did not get to the sex of the babies. We did get a peak at one and we didn't see too much, so Will is convinced we are having one girl for sure! The doctor said it is just too soon to tell! But we are going back in 3 weeks, so we should find out then. I am exicted because my Mom is going to get to come. I am hoping to take the day off of work to be with her and just make a day of it! I will be excited to start looking at gender specific baby stuff once we find out! I also got to see my friend Hailey yesterday. She has the same doctor and is due at the beginning of January. She is having a little girl! Her little boy Connor (2) was soo excited to see the baby and was so precious. Hailey got a peak at the Tweens too! So the count down begins. What will we have? Everyone keeps saying girls because they know Will wants a boy so bad! We will see.

So, we are really having TWINS

2007-09-19T08:19:00.001-07:00

I think it is FINALLY sinking in that in late February we will have two babies in the Eubanks house. It is just wild to think about, and if Will and I think about it long enough, we both just have to shake our heads and laugh. God is so good, and his timing is so perfect. We are both so excited to meet our babies. I am 14 weeks and feeling great. The exhaustion from the 1st Tri is wearing off. I just started showing this last weekend. This baby bump came up over night! Just in time, because my mom is coming up this weekend to take me shopping for maternity clothes. I am ready to really be showing, know I just feel like I have a beer belly! HA. If someone saw me they would probably think I was a little chunky, not pregnant.
Our last sonogram pic is below. It was at 12 weeks. I was very anxious to know that the TWEENS, as my sister calls them, were doing well. We could not believe how much they had grown!!! They were actually resembling babies, and not little aliens or amoebas! One of them was facing up, and the other down. We could see both their little profiles. One of them was going crazy! Kicking his/her legs, and moving it's arms. The doctor joked that the baby has ADD! YIKES, please Lord no, and that he/she already had her boxing gloves on fighting with the other twin. It was the coolest thing. I cannot feel the babies moving yet, but it looks like I when I do I am in for a ride. God is so good because I was anxious to know they were growing and doing well. To see them moving and to have so much life and vitality, was just amazing. The sonogram pic is below. It really doesn't do them justice. We are kicking ourselves that we did not have a video. Next time we will have the "Texas two steppers" as Mama Jan called them on video. Our next appt is Oct 2nd at 16 weeks. We are hoping the doc can tell us the sex, but I think we will have to wait until the next appt!
Oh, I am still working on the video of Will. I can't find our video cord to hook up to the computer.

In Shock

2007-08-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

So Will and I are still reeling from our doctor's visit last Thursday. We were going to confirm that we were in fact pregnant with our first baby. The doctor found the baby, the precious heartbeat and just as I finally let myself say "YOU ARE PREGNANT!" and starting crying, the doctor says "and there is your 2nd Baby!" For those of you who are a little slow, (like we have been at letting this all sink in) WE ARE HAVING TWINS! I will be 9 weeks along tomorrow. A little scared, so excited, and feeling so blessed we enter this new phase of life praising God for His perfect timing, perfect ways and the blessing of life and family. So please be praying! We are due March 13th, and should know what we are having in about 9 weeks. Will is excited because his chances of having a boy are more... the babies are in two sacks, so they are not identical.
We are also renovating our house that we just closed on Friday. My sweet family came up to help paint this weekend, and we dropped the bomb! Will's fam, Kevin Fear, Will D, Webby and Chad all our heros for helping us this last weekend get the house painted and ready for floors. The picture is how we told my parents we were expecting :) I am working on getting the video of Will's reaction to finding out I was pregnant. Wish I could have one of when we found out it was two :) God is so good.